The checkmate clip may be prostitute?

[dave-gnfnr2k]

There is a rumor floating around that the checkmate clip that came out a few months ago may in fact be a clip of prostitute and the name checkmate is not the title of the song but a metaphor  and a FU to managment because the leak is out there. Yes merck said that checkmate is not a gnr song, but im sure checkmate is not a title of a gnr song so in a way he is not lying.  Also even if it was you know merck would not tell us it was. 

[BluesGNR]

I like that thought... you may be right, but we won't know until CD hits or we get a full leak.  I vaguely remember how it sounded in the leaked demo, but I don't recall being overly impressed or thinking that it had the new-gnr sound... but who knows.

 

[Oh My Choking Soul]

I thought it was pretty bad-ass.

[CAFC Nick]

I really hope that leak wasn't "Prostitute" since its supposed to be the best of the bunch.

Just the thought of yet more power chords on a GN'R song 

[Neemo]

i'm still not convinced that checkmate is even gnr

[dave-gnfnr2k]

i'm still not convinced that checkmate is even gnr

it sounded just like axl

[Wooody]

any one of us who has heard zillions of bootlegs from the new band over and over countless times, KNOWS that's axl singing there

[nonlinear]

it's definately axl

[Neemo]

oh yeah how stupid of me and that 16 seconds is the best that has ever been played by a band with the GnR moniker i forgot

[whiny]

i'm still not convinced that checkmate is even gnr

it sounded just like axl

not only the sound of the voice is axl, also the line that is sung must be written by him: so typical... wonder how that song continues (hope stronger than the 16 secs we have)...

[Wooody]

I really hope that leak wasn't "Prostitute" since its supposed to be the best of the bunch.

Just the thought of yet more power chords on a GN'R song?

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I somewhat agree... Not about the power chords though... but I dont think the song is that good, and the vocals were weak....Axl 2002 weak

[pilferk]

any one of us who has heard zillions of bootlegs from the new band over and over countless times, KNOWS that's axl singing there

I'm sorry...I read stuff like this and I chuckle. ?Not at you, for thinking it...but at the history that surrounds comments of the same type.

Keep in mind, I'm not saying you're wrong. ?I agree, it does sound somewhat like Axl.

But then I harken back to the "My Favorite Pillow" incident and wonder if Coy Clarke (or someone like him) is still out there singing somewhere (though I know Ghost Town Road disbanded) and is once again fooling us all. ?And I chuckle.....

I gotta hunt that song down again. ?I know I have it somewhere....and I keep telling myself I'll go looking for it but never do make it around to it.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

any one of us who has heard zillions of bootlegs from the new band over and over countless times, KNOWS that's axl singing there

I'm sorry...I read stuff like this and I chuckle. ?Not at you, for thinking it...but at the history that surrounds comments of the same type.

Keep in mind, I'm not saying you're wrong. ?I agree, it does sound somewhat like Axl.

But then I harken back to the "My Favorite Pillow" incident and wonder if Coy Clarke (or someone like him) is still out there singing somewhere (though I know Ghost Town Road disbanded) and is once again fooling us all. ?And I chuckle.....

I gotta hunt that song down again. ?I know I have it somewhere....and I keep telling myself I'll go looking for it but never do make it around to it.

I knew that song was not axl from the first time I heard it. People can sound like axl but they dont have his accent.

[Backslash]

i'm still not convinced that checkmate is even gnr

it sounded just like axl

So do some singers in tribute bands.

[Neemo]

well i could swear the end of Gilby's cure me or kill me is axl screaming but apparently it's not...just cuz you think you know doesn't mean you do know...it could be anybody ..... and it's 16 seconds for fucksakes

[EFISH]

"Checkmate" is clearly Axl....
I listen to GNR hours every single day, no exceptions... and that is DEFFINETLY Axl Rose.
Also, the leaker gave this clip to Razz and explained that the title isn't Checkmate but is just a shot at management, so you were right Dave.

[KIKO2K6]

it's definately axl

Agreed sounds like AXL CITR voice.

I think is more easey to be ?''The General'' kick ass opened drum,Prostitute is ice and fire.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

i'm still not convinced that checkmate is even gnr

it sounded just like axl

So do some singers in tribute bands.

Live and in studio is different. Axl live doesnt sound like Axl studio. ?This is a studio track, if its not axl I would be very suprised.

[pilferk]

I knew that song was not axl from the first time I heard it. People can sound like axl but they dont have his accent.

Yes dave, we know. ?There were many doubters (me included). ?But being right then doesn't make you more likely to be right now, if you think checkmate is GnR. ?Everyone can be "fooled", intentionally or unintentionally. ?And that's my point...just that.

When people assert they're SURE it's axl, I remember all the well respected, experienced posters, who had heard GnR in all forms, who were sure MFP was Axl. ?And it makes me chuckle...not at them...but at what tends to happen to fans who are "sure" of something in relation to GnR.

[dave-gnfnr2k]

For the people that dont think its gnr, then why did merck freak when this song was leaked online? If it was not gnr in this song those threads would have just been locked and not deleted completely. Also like I said its a rumor that its prostitute (or even another gnr song) but checkmate is not the title. And like I said, merck always chooses his words carefully. He said that checkmate is not a gnr song. That just means that there is not gnr song named checkmate. He NEVER said its not axl. And now that he caught the person who had the clip, its not going to leak untilhe gave it to someone else.